Triple

T16442742
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alfred Hershey E399343 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Harriet Davidson Hershey
Harriet Davidson Hershey was the wife and scientific collaborator of Nobel Prize–winning bacteriophage researcher Alfred Hershey.
E1212941 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Harriet Davidson Hershey | Statement: [Alfred Hershey, spouse, Harriet Davidson Hershey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harriet Davidson Hershey
Context triple: [Alfred Hershey, spouse, Harriet Davidson Hershey]
  • A. Milton S. Hershey
    Milton S. Hershey was an American chocolatier and philanthropist who founded the Hershey Chocolate Company and built the company town of Hershey, Pennsylvania.
  • B. Frank Hershey
    Frank Hershey was an American automobile designer best known for his influential work on iconic mid-20th-century car designs, including the original Ford Thunderbird.
  • C. Lloyd Smucker
    Lloyd Smucker is a Republican U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania known for his conservative positions on fiscal policy and immigration.
  • D. Gail Borden
    Gail Borden was a 19th-century American inventor and businessman best known for developing condensed milk and founding the Borden dairy company.
  • E. Howard Covode Heinz
    Howard Covode Heinz was a member of the prominent Heinz family associated with the H. J. Heinz Company, known for its influential role in American business and philanthropy.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Harriet Davidson Hershey
Triple: [Alfred Hershey, spouse, Harriet Davidson Hershey]
Generated description
Harriet Davidson Hershey was the wife and scientific collaborator of Nobel Prize–winning bacteriophage researcher Alfred Hershey.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harriet Davidson Hershey
Target entity description: Harriet Davidson Hershey was the wife and scientific collaborator of Nobel Prize–winning bacteriophage researcher Alfred Hershey.
  • A. Milton S. Hershey
    Milton S. Hershey was an American chocolatier and philanthropist who founded the Hershey Chocolate Company and built the company town of Hershey, Pennsylvania.
  • B. Frank Hershey
    Frank Hershey was an American automobile designer best known for his influential work on iconic mid-20th-century car designs, including the original Ford Thunderbird.
  • C. Lloyd Smucker
    Lloyd Smucker is a Republican U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania known for his conservative positions on fiscal policy and immigration.
  • D. Gail Borden
    Gail Borden was a 19th-century American inventor and businessman best known for developing condensed milk and founding the Borden dairy company.
  • E. Howard Covode Heinz
    Howard Covode Heinz was a member of the prominent Heinz family associated with the H. J. Heinz Company, known for its influential role in American business and philanthropy.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d87f2c6778819080fcfae53be8f12a completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e32cd8d2988190acb5722a15623319 completed April 18, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00458f8f3c8190ad5eff2ad2a32dea completed May 10, 2026, 8:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00461390608190848c3b896042f1fd completed May 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0046a88e048190baa78506808171b8 completed May 10, 2026, 8:49 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:10 a.m.